PADCEV, KEYTRUDA combination for advanced bladder cancer gets FDA breakthrough therapy status

PADCEV, KEYTRUDA combination for advanced bladder cancer gets FDA breakthrough therapy status

PADCEV, KEYTRUDA combination : Astellas Pharma and Seattle Genetics said that the combination of PADCEV (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) and Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) has been given breakthrough therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in first-line advanced bladder cancer. The FDA breakthrough therapy status for PADCEV, KEYTRUDA combination is for the treatment […]

Astellas, Seattle Genetics bag Padcev FDA approval for advanced urothelial cancer

Astellas, Seattle Genetics bag Padcev FDA approval for advanced urothelial cancer

Padcev FDA approval : Astellas Pharma and Seattle Genetics have bagged accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for the treatment of advanced urothelial cancer, the most common form of bladder cancer. Padcev, which has been co-developed by the two pharma companies, is a Nectin-4-directed antibody and microtubule […]